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Among her achievements as mayor of Kingman for the last two years, Monica Gates has taken Kingman Crossing interchange off the shelf, worked to repave El Trovatore Hill, reduced the unfunded balance for the Public Safety Retirement System and issued the mayor’s challenge to end veterans’ homelessness.

I am proud to call Kingman home and proud to serve as Mayor. The depiction of our community in the Showtime program “Who is America?” does not represent the vast majority of our residents. Let’s be clear, this program is not about exposing intolerance but about inciting intolerance.

As one of the two dissenting votes when the Kingman City Council raised the Transaction Privilege Tax, or sales tax, rate at its Aug. 15 meeting, Mayor Monica Gates took to Facebook Friday questioning its validity and transparency.